Silent House

2011

US

85 min

15

Directed by: Chris Kentis, Laura Lau

Written by: Gustavo Hernandez, Laura Lau

Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens

UK release: 4 May 2012

In this remake of a 2010 Urugayan film, Sarah (Olsen) and her family arrive at a lakeside property where her terrifying memories become confused with the equally frightening present. Olsen, an actress of great potential, is wasted in this ponderously slow attempt at a psychological drama that's packaged as horror.

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A ponderously slow psychological drama packaged as a horror film

(18) 85min
With Martha Marcy May Marlene, Elizabeth Olsen proved herself to be a young actress with great potential by persuasively playing a refugee haunted by her experiences with a murderous cult. Silent House features her in a disappointingly…